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Nikita Vikhrev
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 Preliminary identified by Dmitry Gavryushin as Thrypticomyia arachnophila, Limoniidae.
Borneo, Kota Kinabalu
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 Delightful shot, Nikita - looks like a good trip!Smile
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 very interesting behaviour.
 
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 Today I found bigger aggregation.
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 Thrypticomyia arachnophila without spider's web
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 Pinned is a Trentepohlia (Mongoma) sp. (not identified yet). It is Th. arachnophila in two other pictures.
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 I'm sorry for the error.
This is really Thrypticomyia arachnophila
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